HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 cc781-2W
Ms Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much his Department's computer-aided facilities management systems cost; from whom they were purchased; how many person hours were required to commission them; what the estimated and actual saving has been from their operation; and to what extent the use of such systems accounts for the apparent rise in theft noted in his answer to the hon. and learned Member for Fife, North (Mr. Campbell) of 16 February, Official Report, column 771.

Mr. Hague

Computers are used by those employed in facilities management as part of their day-to-day work. There is no reason to suppose any link between this and the number of thefts from the Department.